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NAME- Yellow-shafted Flicker A.Q.U.N0.4 12 

 (Colaptes auratus) 



DATE- June 2, 1933 



NO.- 6 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



1.07 x 0.81 1.04 x 0.82 



SIZES - 1.04 x 0.79 1 • 06 x 0.80 



1.05 x 0.81 1.04 x 0.81 



SITUATION - This bird chose a dead Beech 

 about 2' in diameter on Terpstra's Farm in 

 Powell's Valley (about six miles from Big 

 Stone Gap, Va.) The tree was on the edge of 

 a wood in a pasture and there were six other 

 woodpecker holes in that particular tree tho' 

 none other seemed occupied. 



The entrance hole of this nest 

 was about 4" in diameter and 10" deep; it was 

 about fifteen feet from the ground. The tree 

 began to sway as I climbed it and the Flicker 

 then flew off the eggs. There were no nesting 

 materials, the six fresh globular, glossy 

 white eggs rested only on some wood chips. 



** Also known as Common or Northern Flicker 



A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



